Joshua 19:17
in Joshua 19The fourth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Issachar:
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The fourth lot came out for Issachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families.
KJV
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
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This verse in Joshua 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe fourth lot came out to Issachar - It is remarkable, that though Issachar was the eldest brother, yet the lot of Zebulun was drawn before his lot; and this is the order in which Jacob himself mentions them, Gen 49:13, Gen 49:14, though no reason appears, either here or in the place above, why this preference should be given to the younger; but that the apparently fortuitous lot should have distinguished them just as the prophetic Jacob did, is peculiarly remarkable.
This site's exposition
The fourth lot came out
on Joshua 19:17-23
Issachar is given by its towns rather than a traced border, because the tribe sits enclosed between portions already described. Jezreel at verse 18 becomes the second royal city of Israel and the ground of Naboth's vineyard at 1 Kings 21:1. Shunem is where the Philistines camp before Saul's last night at 1 Samuel 28:4, and where the woman who kept a room for Elisha lived at 2 Kings 4:8.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the fourth lot came out to Issachar,.... The fourth of the seven drawn at Shiloh: for the children of Issachar, according to their families: among whom the inheritance that came to them by the lot was divided, according to the number of them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the fourth lot came out to Issachar--Instead of describing the boundaries of this tribe, the inspired historian gives a list of its principal cities. These cities are all in the eastern part of the plain of Esdraelon.
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The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔ר | leyisoshkhar | for Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| יָצָ֖א | yatza' | it came out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| הַגּוֹרָ֣ל | hagoral | the lot | H1486 → | 78 times |
| הָֽרְבִיעִ֑י | harevii | <the> fourth | H7243 → | |
| לִבְנֵ֥י | livnei | for [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשָּׂשכָ֖ר | yisoshkhar | Issachar | H3485 → | 43 times |
| לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃ | lemishpechotam | to clans their | H4940 → | 303 times |
לְיִ֨שָּׂשכָ֔רfor Issachar
leyisoshkharH3485 →43 times
יָצָ֖אit came out
yatza'H3318 →1067 times
הַגּוֹרָ֣לthe lot
hagoralH1486 →78 times
הָֽרְבִיעִ֑י<the> fourth
hareviiH7243 →
לִבְנֵ֥יfor [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשָּׂשכָ֖רIssachar
yisoshkharH3485 →43 times
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃to clans their
lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).